grinding wheel

noun

1. a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.

grinding wheel

noun

1. an abrasive wheel, usually a composite of hard particles in a resin filler, used for grinding

Word History and Origins

Origin of grinding wheel¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

The catastrophes may rightly be averted, if we can avert them; but nature stays not its grinding wheel for our moans.

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It had become a grinding wheel of government that rolled over all our public interests.

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Somebody had brought a small grinding wheel over from Tools and plugged it in, and was grinding points on the foils and épées.

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